As they gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the middle of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
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As they gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the middle of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
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As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
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As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in Mine anger and in My fury, and I will cast you in, and melt you.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 22:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 54:16 “Behold, I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame, and forges a weapon for his work; and I have created the destroyer to destroy.
- Jeremiah 4:11-12 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse; a full wind from these will come for me. Now I will also utter judgments against them.”
- Jeremiah 4:20 Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment.
- Ezekiel 21:31-32 I will pour out my indignation on you. I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath. I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy. You will be for fuel to the fire. Your blood will be in the middle of the land. You will be remembered no more; for I, Yahweh, have spoken it.” ’ ”
- Ezekiel 24:13 “ ‘ “In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you and you weren’t cleansed, you won’t be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest.
- Ezekiel 22:21 Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you will be melted in the middle of it.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, hereby that the godly should be tried, and…
Meaning, hereby that the godly should be tried, and the wicked destroyed.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 22:20 [As] they gather silver, and brass, and…
Eze 22:20 [As] they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt [it]; so will I gather [you] in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave [you there], and melt you.
Ver. 20. As they gather silver and brass.] The righteous perish with the wicked; but either it is temporally only, or else the seemingly righteous, who are no better than "reprobate silver."
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And I will leave you there.] A terrible threat. God will bring his enemies into the briers and there leave them. See Eze 29:5. His own he will not leave, or at least not forsake. He will be with them in the fire and water, &c. "Lord, leave us not," saith the Church. {Jer 17:17}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain They; founders, who melt down metals to prove them.
They; founders, who melt down metals to prove them.
Gather silver, & c.: if these different kinds of metals be to be gathered into one and the same furnace, it speaks the involving all promiscuously in the same afflictions; if it be meant as each distinct metal is tried by the fire in the furnace, but by fire proportioned to the stubbornness of the metal, then it bespeaks the future affliction shall be such as shall melt down the hardest of the degenerate idolaters and sinners.
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To blow the fire; to raise the fierceness of the fire.
To melt it; till it be melted. So will I gather you: see Eze 23:19.
In mine anger; in great but just displeasure, called fury too here, and elsewhere: such were the sins of this people, that they had kindled a fire against them which should surely consume them.
I will leave you there; or, I will sit down and rest me, as the founder, when he hath taken pains to gather in the metal, heaped up the wood, kindled fire, and blown it to its full height, rests himself, observing how the metal melts down: God will so rest himself; after the manner of man it is spoken; the like phrase Eze 5:13; 16:42, which see.
And melt you; he will take care the fire go not out till you are melted, either to the purging away, or consuming you with your dross.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and…
As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace,.... As refiners of metal do; though not together, as here, but each metal apart. Silver is here mentioned, to denote that those who were truly good should suffer in this calamity, and be tried and purified by it:
to blow the fire upon it, and to melt it; the metal being covered with fuel, this is kindled and blown upon, to cause the greater heat, in order to melt it down; expressive of the wrath of God, as follows:
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so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury; from the several parts of the land unto the city of Jerusalem: this they thought was for their good and safety, but it was in wrath, and in order to ruin:
and I will leave you there, and melt you; that is, I will leave you in the city of Jerusalem, to the sword, famine, and pestilence, to be destroyed by them; or with fire at the burning of the city: or, "I will rest" (g); as the refiner does; having put his metal into the furnace, and blown the fire, sits still till all is melted.
(g) "et requiescam", Mercerus; "et requiescere faciam", Paguinus, Montanus, Vatablus.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (20) I will leave you there.—Better, I will cast…
(20) I will leave you there.—Better, I will cast you in.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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God continues to describe his punishment of the people of Israel in Jerusalem as if they were metals that he was melting and purifying in a furnace. (See: Metaphor)
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I will gather you in my anger and my wrath
The phrases with "anger" and "wrath" are used together to emphasize that he was extremely angry. AT: "Because of my great anger and wrath, I will gather you" or "I will be furiously angry with you, and I will gather you" (See: Abstract Nouns)
I will gather you and blow on you the fire of my wrath
This is the image of a person gathering the metals in the furnace and blowing the fire to make it hotter. Yahweh speaks of the greatness of his wrath as if it were a fire that he was blowing to make it hotter. AT: "I will gather you, and my wrath will be like a fire that I will blow on you" (See: Metaphor)
you will be melted in it
The word "it" refers to Jerusalem.
have poured out my wrath on you
God speaks of punishing the people as if his wrath were a liquid that he would pour on them. AT: "have punished you in my anger" (See: Metaphor)
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